joedirt

If that party exists, sign me up.

"Here" is the key word. They haven't done much over there in a while. The smart ones come here. Wonder why that is, there must be some reason.

My guess would be buried under the media censorship.

Just wait till we have national heathcare.

Can I use your list to start a website and make some money on advertising?

I'm somewhat confused too, but I think from these last few posts, everyone is in agreement, the most money made in mutual funds is in commissions. Every broker knows just beating the S&P 500 index is considered good, but they won't tell you to buy an index ETF. Without dividends they're all speculation to me anyway.

Damn man, that is some list... do you work?

Good luck with that.

I know these seem like obvious answers, and I thought they made sense too when I was younger, growing up in a city that relied on factory jobs, but Either one of these things would cripple our economy which relies on international trade. These corporations which "outsource" are what keep our economy going. These corporations being profitable, is what keeps capital, both foreign and domestic, in our economy. If foreign capital was eliminated from our economy our GDP would be falling swiftly. If Ford and GM don't find ways to be profitable, no one will be working for those companies, and no one will be making money off those products. We've reached a point in our history where a company can ship a product worth a buck fifty half way around the world and still make a profit off of it. It's pretty well accepted in economics that what you restrict in imports, you lose in exports. It will get you nowhere. Look around your house and see how many things were made in the USA. Profitability is the reason why capitalism works so well. Even China has started giving more control to private enterprise, because it capitalizes on mans desire to uplift himself. Come on now, I don't think your weak, I just think you don't understand what drives entrepreneurship, which drives our economy.

Speak for yourself. A corporation exists for only one reason... to make a profit. The men who run corporations have only one job... to make a profit any way they can within the law. All we can do is pass laws in our own country, to control how these corporations operate, not elsewhere. George Bush can sign whatever document he likes, but it won't change child labor laws in India or South America, and it wont change China's consumption of petroleum. The U.S. could invade countries and force them to adopt our labor laws... but I'm guessing you wouldn't support that.

Poooor Canadians... must be scary...with that imperial United States right next door.

That's funny how this author thinks a lack of child labor laws in India are the fault of the U.S., even though we DO have child labor laws here. How about we blame the people, or government, in THAT country. Of course not. He also does not mention all the foreign capital coming INTO the U.S.

I don't feel strongly about it but yeah, I know what you mean. Theoretically no minimum wage would be best for the economy, everything has an equilibrium price, even wages. I'll do you one better and say eliminate income tax, leave taxation proportionate to consumption, this will benefit a lot more people and the economy in general.

Getting a high school diploma by itself will usually get you nowhere in our economy. Most of these types would be in the unskilled labor category. Our manufacturing economy is behind us and we are speeding away into a service economy. Our trade defecit is huge and growing every year, while our GDP is still rising. It means we are consuming more and producing less. This isn't necesarily a bad thing, it just means we will not be using the same amount of unskilled labor. Even if there is no immigration over the next fifty years, unskilled labor in this country will have a decline in living standards. Skilled trades and professionals won't have a problem, and immigration into these areas will be good for us, but that is already legal. A company can sponsor you if your worth it to them, they just have to flip the bill. I'm thinking the majority of immigrants who cross illegaly are not skilled workers or college grads, this will make it tougher on unskilled labor already here. I don't hate immigrants that's just the way it is.

I supported it, I just went through this in another thread why I thought it would behoove us to have a friendly stable Iraqi government. Answer my question and I'll answer yours. Explain why you said this "The trend of these opinions seemed to relate to personal education and social standing". and I'll give you an answer so I can get flamed again.

Einstein was a pacificst commie so that E=MC squared thing is probably B.S.

Oh... for crying out loud. This whole thing would be a lot easier if terrorists were speaking Spanish or French or one of the easy languages. Damn.

The lions should be charged with crimes of agression, and the crocodile should CLEARLY be charged with breaking international law.

Yeah...his personality must be about 10 inches long.

See here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dirt Of course I could be Guatemalen, and my ancestors could have stolen land from the Mayans, but people don't really bring that up when you speak Spanish Adios

If you think those of us who were born in North America are immigrants, then so too were the "Native Americans" whom "we" stole this land from.

What the f is going on there? He's not even rich.

I would add a minefield.

Why do you even bother replying to that ghost above you.

"The trend of these opinions seemed to relate to personal education and social standing." I'm curious as to what you think that is, and how you come to your conclusion.